North Carolina Real Estate School, Your Secret Weapon

     Networking was not invented in the twenty first century.  It certainly is easier than it used to be.

     If you are enrolled in a North Carolina real estate pre license course to get your North Carolina real estate license, one of your best study aids is networking.

     Most real estate students do not take advantage of this wonderful asset.  In most real estate classes, the majority of the students are serious about passing the course and passing the North Carolina real estate exam the first time.

      Take advantage  of the wonderful assets known as your classmates, your fellow students.  Get their email addresses and phone numbers. Band together.  Stay in touch.  Communicate with your peers.

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     Study together.  Encourage your classmates.  Seek out and share study aids and websites that may offer some help to you and your fellow students.  Watching my free real estate math videos together would be a worthwhile endeavor.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAX8VxAGkrI   Here is a link to one of those videos.  Share it with your classmates.

     Ask your classmates what they have found online that may help you.  This is no time to be shy.

     I currently teach at First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, North Carolina.  I have been in a real estate classroom for over thirty years.  My observation is that the students that do best are the ones that get to know and help their classmates.

     The students that study together, pass together.

     www.firstrealestateschool.com   

 

In Hendersonville, North Carolina, The First Real Estate Class of 2017

     On Monday, January 2, 2017, First Real Estate School at 404 South Main Street in Hendersonville will have their first class of 2017.

      This will be a evening class from six to ten.

First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, N.C.

     This is the class that a person would need to take if they wanted to get a North Carolina real estate license.  First Real Estate School is licensed by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  To graduate from this class, a student would need to pass an exam.  After graduation, that student would need to pass another exam given by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  This test is given every day in Asheville.

     If you have considered a career in real estate, join us at First Real Estate School www.firstrealestateschool.com in Hendersonville, North Carolina.  This is not only the least expensive real estate school in western North Carolina, it is the best real estate school in western North Carolina.

     The tuition for this class is $300.  Keller Williams Realty in Hendersonville will reimburse the student that fee from their first commission when they come to work at Keller Williams Mountain Partners Realty.  Here is a link to a video with more detail on that.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EpyxI_Gkg    Join us on January 2, 2017 for the first real estate class in 2017 at First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

North Carolina Real Estate Commission Reveals What Is On The Exam

     If you are soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam, it would help if you know on what you would be tested.  Many people think this is a big secret.  It is no secret.

     The North Carolina Real Estate Commission publishes a book to tell you exactly what is on the North Carolina real estate exam.  The name of this book is," Real Estate Licensing in North Carolina".  It is available to any North Carolina real estate exam applicant.  for FREE.  Just go to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission's website. www.ncrec.gov  It is available to download for free.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZFPZGo_DJ4   Here is  a link to a movie I made about this booklet.

     This is a forty page booklet that is just chock full of test taking tips and an explanation of the licensing process.  It has:

1.  Information on the licensing process and license qualifications

2.  License examination information

3.  Instructions for filing an application

     This booklet gives a test applicant some sample test questions.  This helps the test applicant be familiar with the the question format before they show up at the exam site. 

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     More importantly, this booklet tells an applicant exactly what is on the North Carolina real estate exam.  On page 16, it tells a test applicant that there are six questions on agency.  There are eight questions on general legal principles.  This booklet tells the test applicant that there are seven questions on the purchase and sale contract.  There are seven more questions on listing contracts.  This booklet tells us that there are thirteen questions on forms of real property ownership.  The booklet tells us that there are fourteen questions on finance. Need I continue?  Download this booklet.

      There is no mystery about what is on the North Carolina real estate exam, the exam is given in Asheville.  It costs $91 to take it a second time.  Pass it the first time.

     After you have taken your real estate course, take my free real estate practice test .  Here is a link to that.  http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2015/04/real-estate-practice-exam-for-north.html 

     If you are considering attending real estate school in western North Carolina, join us at First Real Estate School in Hendersonville.  We are located at 404 S. Main Street.  Our website is www.firstrealestateschool.com  .  If we can help you pass the test, we are here for you.  

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission Has Invited Me To Come Speak At Their Next Meeting

     On November 15, 2016, I received an email from Corean Hamlin, a staff member of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  Do you want to hear some good news?  The NCREC is considering repealing rule 58 C.0605.  

                                                                                              

First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, North Carolina

     This is the rule that requires a new real estate instructor applicant to submit an hour long video of their teaching style to the staff of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  If you have an instructor license in North Carolina that you received since 2000, you have been through this ritual.  I don't know what your experience was.  Here is a link to my unpleasant experience. http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2016/09/my-process-to-get-my-north-carolina.html    I got my final permanent approval on November 14, 2016.

I have already prepared and practiced my short presentation that I want to make to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPB0ZIwKWk8  

     I want you to join me if you feel, as I do, that the licensing bureau does not need to watch a video of an instructor to determine if that instructor is qualified to hold a instructor's license

     There is this wonderful filter in the free enterprise system in America called "the market". This is the system that is used in most other states.  The market will tell us pretty quickly if an instructor is bad.  If an instructor is dull and ineffective and boring,  that instructor will not be able to get a job.  If  a real estate instructor is bad, they will not have any students.

     The staff of the NCREC does not need to waste their time watching a video of every instructor that applies for a license.  That job should be left to the school director.  Why would a school director hire a dull, boring real estate instructor?  They would not.  If they did by accident, they would get rid of that ineffective instructor quickly.  Need I remind anyone that a real estate school is a business? 

     In today's world of Twitter and Facebook and Google reviews and You Tube videos, students know who is a good instructor and who is a bad instructor.  Why would the licensing bureau want to evaluate instructors?  The market does that for the commission in the other forty nine states.

      

     Please, join me at the December 14, 2016 North Carolina Real Estate Commission meeting.  If you can not attend, you can send in a written opinion. Join me and tell the NCREC that you think the school director can tell a bad instructor from a good instructor.  We do not need the staff of the NCREC to evaluate instructors and withdraw their license if the licensing bureau does not like their style of teaching.

     If you are in the real estate school business in North Carolina, you are not too busy to read that email and the eighteen page attachment that came from Corean Hamlin on November 15th.  Read it.  Join me at the December 14th meeting of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.

     If you disagree with me, if you like the staff of the NCREC having the power to take some one's instructor license because they don't like that instructor's style, come to the meeting or write a letter and let the NCREC know how you feel.   If you agree with me, show up at the meeting.  Talk to the Commission.  Let's get this rule 58 C.0605 repealed and not replaced with 58 H . 0305, an even worse version. 

     I will be staying at the Hyatt Place North Raleigh Midtown at 1105 Navaho Drive right across the street from the Commission's office.  I will be having dinner alone.  If you would like to join me and compare notes, call me at 828 755 6996.  This is the same hotel I stayed at when I attended the Instructor Development Workshop in September.  http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2016/09/instructor-develpoment-workshop-from.html

     Please, join me at the December 14th meeting .  This opportunity will not come again soon.  Read Corean's email and the 18 page attachment.  I look forward to seeing you on the 14th of December.  If you are a real estate instructor, please leave a comment to this article. 

                                                           

Six and Twenty Carolina Creme, Get Invited Back

     A couple of weeks ago, we were invited to some friends house in Asheville for dinner.

     Since we live about a mile from the state line on U.S. 176, I drove down to Bird Mountain Wine and Liquor at the state line on U.S. 176. I told Ken I needed a gift to take to a dinner party.  Ken fixed me up with a bottle of Six and Twenty Carolina Cream. 

Six and Twenty Carolina Creame. You can;t buy it in Asheville

Was this a hit with a capital H ?   YES, YES, YES!

You can not buy this wonderful drink in North Carolina.  You can buy it at the Bird Mountain Liquor Store at the state line on U.S. 176 between Tryon, North Carolina and Landrum North Carolina.

If you need a small gift to be certain you will be invited back, stop in to see Ken at Bird Mountain.  Tell him Ron sent you.  You will be back.

Our friends in Asheville just invited us back to visit again and suggested, "Why don't you bring another bottle of that Carolina Creame?".

Tryon. North Carolina Rolling Art Antique Motorcycle and Car Show

November 5, 2016, the fifth annual Tryon Rolling Art Antique Car and Motorcycle show was held in the parking lot of Thompson,s Garden Supply in downtown Tryon, North Carolina.

Guess whose 1961 Harley Davidson Super 10 won second place.  MINE.  It was a popular vote from the general public.  Jim Wright's 1998 Ducati won first place for the general public vote.  Carl's 1960 BMW with a sidecar won the vote from the participants.

Carl is looking good on that 1960 BMW

A 1935 Rolls Royce won for the cars.  A 1957 Chevrolet truck won for the trucks.

Ferrari s, Packards, Pontiacs, Plymouths, Studebakers, Corvettes were all over the place.  Every one looked better than the last one.  There were Shelbys and Volkswagens and MG and bug eyed Sprites.

There were BMW bikes and Harley Davidson bikes and and Kawasaki bikes and  Triumph bikes and Norton bikes and Royal Enfield bikes and BSA bikes and Honda bikes and Indian bikes and Suzuki bikes and Yamaha bikes and racing bikes like you see on TV.

Tryon Rolling Art Motorcycle Show

What a pleasant way to spend a fall afternoon in western North Carolina.  You see old friends and meet new friends.  You see new cars like the new Maserati and old cars like the Model A Ford.

Put Tryon Rolling Art car and Motorcycle show on your calendar for 2017.  If you like antique cars and antique motorcycles, you will love Tryon in the fall.

Ron Climer's 1961 Harley Davidson Super 10

If you are riding your bike to the show from Spartanburg or Greenville, stay off that nasty old interstate.  Take U.S. 176 north from Spartanburg.  U.S. 176 runs right through downtown Tryon.  If you are coming from Greenville, take highway 14 through Greer.  When you get to Landrum, turn left on U S 176 .  Follow that into Tryon.  You can stop Bird Mountain Wine and Spirits at the state line on U S 176 and put on your helmet.  Tell Ken I said hello.

While you are riding in the neighborhood, check out White Oak Mountain http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-waterfall-motorcycle-destination.html   Ride up White Oak Mountain if you need an adrenaline rush.

If you are riding in from Asheville, take U S 176 from Hendersonville to Saluda to Tryon.  This is one of the best motorcycle roads in North Carolina.

Tryon Rolling Art car and Motorcycle show was A plus.

Shelby Looking Good

Tryon, North Carolina Antique Motorcycle Show 2016

It is coming up this weekend, November 5th.  The Tryon Rolling Art Antique car Truck and Motorcycle Show.  Get yourself to downtown Tryon from nine til three. 

Tryon, North Carolina Antique Motorcycle Show 2016

Last year, there was over 100 cool cars and bikes there.  Bring yours.  Registration is free. .